madamhood

Definitions

1. The fact or state of being a woman of high rank or respect.
   uncountable
2. The fact or state of being a madam in charge of a brothel.
   uncountable

Examples

“It is, however, to be observed, that the office of Hofdame confers in Germany the same title of Madame, and that every one of the charming “ Misses” who surround⟳ our Queen would in Germany be invested with the dignity of Madamhood.”

“However derivative, a woman's status translated into real differences in daily working conditions, personal control⟳ over income, and possibilities for negotiating an advantageous exit from prostitution into concubinage or madamhood.”

“Alice Kerr-Sutherland, a no-nonsense governess who in the early years of the century had abandoned her errant but legitimate little charges to pursue⟳ the high road of madamhood. Her flagellation brothel in St James’s was a place⟳ of resort for the gentry and nobility […].”

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